Amber’s golden fundraiser Poppy McGhee went more than just the extra mile to support Auchterarder & District Rotary Club’s ‘Evening of Musical Entertainment’ in Scotland last month. Poppy made the 800-mile round trip from her school in Wiltshire to Auchterarder…
Amber Trust beneficiary Max has cortical visual impairment and cerebral palsy after being starved of oxygen for 24 hours prior to his birth. He has received funding from Amber for a range of guitar, piano and singing lessons over the past five years. He…
Ebony Gilbert never meant to write a book about her son George, but now she is hoping it will helpchildren think differently about disability. The Bethnal Green writer released her self-published children’s book Seeing with My Heart last month after…
Amber Trust beneficiaries Lilly Kurata, Ashleigh Turley and Ivan Rodriguez Deb stole the show as they brought the curtain down on the Music in Mind Symposium at King’s College School, Wimbledon, on Sunday. The teenage trio, along with Amber patron Derek Paravicini, played starring roles on the piano,…
Amber Trust beneficiaries Ashleigh Turley, Ivan Rodriguez Deb and Lilly Kurata will bring the curtain down on the Wimbledon International Music Festival’s Music in Mind Symposium on November 7. The teenage trio are set to perform alongside Trust patron Derek Paravicini as part of the ‘Music & Blindness’ seminar at King’s College School in Wimbledon. Eighteen-year-old multi-instrumentalist Turley’s interpretation of I Wish…
Solihull’s Hannah Morgan admitted she may have developed a taste for the high life after skydiving in aid of The Amber Trust earlier this month. The 26-year-old dare devil plummeted 15,000ft – including a one minute freefall – at the North London Skydiving Centre in Cambridgeshire on October 23 to raise more…
Good things come to those who wait and so it proved for The Amber Trust’s golden fundraiser Poppy McGhee at this year’s Annual Concert. The 16-year-old violinist has raised more than £10,000 for the charity in the past nine years after being inspired to get involved…
At lunchtime on Monday 18 November, the Royal Albert Hall hosted a once-in-a-lifetime concert in the Elgar Room, with Derek Paravicini and Amber beneficiaries Ashleigh, Lilly, Francis and Zoe performing. The event was one of a series of fantastic opportunities…
We are delighted to announce that the film, Braille Music, is now available to watch on Amazon. The film documents how six blind professional musicians ranging in age from 17 to 65 come together to create and record a musical…
The Amber Trust continues to encourage blind children to have a go at learning a musical instrument. In fact, we now offer the opportunity for a taster term of music lessons and the opportunity for further support if things go well. One recent success story…